Ling Qin - Curriculum Vitae#

Personal Data

• Professor of Orthopaedics & Traumatology (PhD, Cologne, Germany)
  
• Director of HK-SZ Innovation and Technology Institute, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
  
• Director of Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, CUHK

Education (major in Sports Medicine and Scinces)

• 1982 B.Ed: Beijing University of Physical Education, China
  
• 1985 M.Phil: Beijing University of Physical Education, China
  
• 1992 Ph.D: German Sports University Cologne, Germany

Professional Experience

• 1992 - 1993 Postdoctoral fellow, AO-Forschungsinstitut, Davos, Switzerland
  
• 1993 - 1994 Research Scientist, Dept of Traumatology, Charité –Berlin University of Medicine, Germany
  
• 1994 - present Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, CUHK, Hong Kong, China
  

Membership of Professional Bodies and Learned Societies

1. American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, USA (2013-present, College Fellow 2013) (Weblink)
2. American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), USA (2009-present, Fellow 2019) (Weblink)
3. Chinese Orthopaedic Research Society (CORS), China (1998-present, past vice president)
4. Chinese Society of Biomaterials (CSB), China (2012-present, council member)
5. International Combined Orthopaedic Research Scosities (ICORS), USA (2016-present, College Fellow and steering committee member 2016) (Weblink)
6. International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS), USA (1995-present, past president 2009-2011) ) (Weblink)
7. The International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE) (2020-present, Fellow 2020) (Weblink)

Research Grants (a total of 56 international, national, or local comparative grants as principal coordinator or principal investigator since joining, with a total of over HK$ 150 million. Below are a few selected major ones, including EU collaborative fund)

1. Aging, Skeletal Degeneration and Regeneration (AoE/M-402/20), 2021-2029, HK$70M (Weblink)
2. Functional Bone Regeneration in Challenging Bone Disorders and Defects (TRS: T12-402/17-N), 2017-2022, HK$33M
3. Joint R&D of Biometals as Orthopaedic Implants Collaborative Research Fund (CRF: C4026-17W), 2015–2018, HK$6M
4. Rapid Prototyping of Custom-Made Bone-Forming Tissue Engineering Constructs (EU-NSFC Joint Scheme (Project Registration No.512111203), 2013-2017, RMB3M (Weblink)

Editorial Board of SCI Journals

1. American Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (AJBMR), board member (2010 - 2015)
2. Current Osteoporosis Report (COR) , board memebr (2018-present) (Weblink)
3. International Journal of Sports Medicine (IJSM), board member (2005 - present) (Weblink)
4. Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (IMNI), board member (2012 - present) (Weblink)
5. Journal of Orthopaedic Translation (JOT), Hong Kong, Founding editor-in-chief (2013 - present) (Weblink)

Publications

9 books and over 400 publications in Nat Med, Nat Com, Adv Sci, Materials Today, Biomaterials, etc. with a H Index of 64, over 15000 citations, a total impact factor over 3300 (Attachment 1&2).

The academic achievements or translational efforts have also been highlighted in Nature (Weblink).

Patents, Licensing, and Entrepreneurship

Over 30 patents from PRC and USA, with around 1/3 licensed for clinical translation; as co-founder of 3 start-up companies for facilitating translation of his inventions into Class II and Class III medical devices.

Honorary Appointment

1. Adjunct Professor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (2007-2017)
2. Adjunct Professor of Soochow University, Suzhou, China (1997-2012)
3. Hon. Chair Professor of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (2016-2019)
4. Hon. Professor of the National Key laboratory of Astronaut Centre of China, Beijing, China (2020/09-present)
5. Hon. Professor of University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (2020/07-present)

Invited Keynote/Plenary Lectures

There are over 100 invited keynote or plenary lectures at national and international congresses.